Improvement in cotton-condensers



T. CAMP] Cotton-Condenser.

No. 208,071. Pat ented Sept. 17,1878.

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THOMAS CAMP, OF GOVINGTON, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-CONDENSERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,071, datedSeptember 17, 1878; application filed December 5, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS CAMP, of Govington, in the county of Newtonand State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Cotton-Condenser,of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front view, Fig. 2 aside view, and

- Fig. 3 a vertical transverse section on line :20 .10,

Fig. 1, of my improved cotton-condenser.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

.Perforated rotating cylinders and suctionfans are employed for removingdirt and other foreign substance from cotton as it is delivered from thegin; and rotating rolls have been combined with such cylinders for thepurpose of condensing or compressing the fibers of the cotton, andthereby forming it into a continuous sheet or wad of nearly uniformthickness.

My invention is an improvement in this class of machines; and itconsists in the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Referring to the drawing, A is the perforated cylinder, having closedsheet metal heads-that is to say, heads which are entire orintegral,except a hole, which is closed by a hinged cover, f.

The cylinder has its bearings in brackets or hangers B, which are forkedat their outer ends to form bearings for the conden sin g-rolls D D. Thecotton received from the gin passes over or is carried over by thecylinder as it rotates, and is delivered to the rolls D D, by which itis compressed. In such passage the cotton is subjected to the action ofa suctionblast, caused by a fan, (not shown,) so that most of theforeign substance therein is extracted and carried down through opening9 in the bottom of the casin g E.

The box or casingE has a hinged cover, 0, whose ends are cut away on thelower edge on a curve coincident with the periphery of the cylinder. Theupper edges of the ends of the casing E proper are also cut away on acurve coincident with the brackets B. An opening of approximatelyelliptical shape is thus formed in the ends of the casing, through whichaccess may be had to the cylinder, through the opening closed by coverf, for removing any filth that may'accumulate in the cylinder A; yet theclosed or integral heads of the cylinder prevent escapethrough saidelliptical openings of any particles of cotton While the machine is inuse.

The lower roll D receives rotary motion from a belt (not shown) appliedto a pulley, a, which is fixed thereon. Small pulleys b c are fixed onthe opposite ends of rolls D D. A pulley, d, of like size with pulley a,is fixed on the axis of cylinder A, and a belt, (1, passes aroundpulleys b d, and is in contact with pulley 0. Thus the rotation ofpulley a imparts the desired motion to the cylinder A, and also to bothrolls D, but in opposite directions.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The cylinder A, having closed ends, pro vided withopenings having hinged covers f, and the casing E 0, havingelliptical-shaped openings in the ends, and also side and bottomopenings, in combination with the fan,.as and for the purpose specified.

THOMAS CAMP.

Witnesses:

A. L. CAMP, Jr., JOHN S. CARROLL.

